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Lay up striped, checked, and patterned fabrics in the clothing industry
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare striped, checked,
and patterned fabrics for cutting, and lay up striped, checked, and patterned
fabrics.
Subfield
Clothing Manufacture
Domain
Apparel Cutting and Sewing
Status
Registered
Status date
19 June 2009
Date version published
19 June 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 5303, Lay up fabrics by machine in
the clothing industry, and Unit 5305, Lay up fabrics by
hand in the clothing industry; or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0030
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
This unit standard is for people who deal with laying patterned fabrics.
2
Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
3
Definitions
Workplace procedures refer to the verbal or documented procedures for performing
work activities and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality
management requirements. They may refer to manuals, manufacturer's
specifications, codes of practice, or policy statements.
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Product, garment or style specifications are all terms for the same document. The
terminology varies between workplaces but they all refer to the same documentation
which accompanies each manufacturing order. This documentation sets out the
material to be used for the product, the size range of the order, the product assembly
sequence, product finishing procedures, and the component specifications.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare striped, checked, and patterned fabrics for cutting.
Performance criteria
1.1
Marker components are checked against style specifications.
1.2
Roll widths are checked against marker specified.
1.3
Rolls are sorted for batch numbers and specific workplace requirements in
accordance with workplace procedures.
1.4
Lay is set up to method and in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
method – pairs, singles, width, length, set up;
set-up – end stops, clamps or weights, block marks.
Element 2
Lay up striped, checked, and patterned fabrics.
Range
hand, machine.
Performance criteria
2.1
Fabric lay meets marker requirements.
2.2
Fabric lay meets fabric specifications.
Range
2.3
Patterns match throughout each ply.
Range
2.4
weft, warp.
Fabric utilisation is in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
2.5
shrinkage, tension, crease free, ply movement.
cut outs, splices, end loss.
Fabric shades are identified and marked in accordance with workplace
procedures.
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2.6
Bundle separators are inserted in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.7
Marker and lay are secured for cutting.
2.8
Documentation is completed in accordance with workplace procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Competenz info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
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